The Conundrum of Russian Capitalism: The Post-Soviet Economy in the World System

Paper $40.00ISBN: 9780745332789
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December 2013
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December 2013
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The Conundrum of Russian Capitalism looks at the nature of Russian capitalism following the fall of the Soviet Union, showing how the system originated in the degenerated Soviet bureaucracy and the pressures of global capital. Ruslan Dzarasov provides a detailed analysis of Russian corporate governance, labour practices and investment strategies.

By comparing the practices of Russian companies to the typical models of corporate governance and investment behaviour of big firms in the West, Dzarasov sheds light on the relationship between the core and periphery of the capitalist world-system.

This groundbreaking study shows that Russia's new capitalism is not a break with the country's Stalinist past, but in fact the continuation of that tradition.

Introduction1. Global accumulation and the capitalist world-system2. From central planning to Capitalism3. Russian Big Business: Corporate Governance and Time Horizon4. Rent Withdrawal, Social Conflict and Accumulation5. Insider Rent and Conditions of Growth in the Russian Economy6. Accumulation of capital by Russian corporations: some empirical evidenceConclusionReferencesIndex

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